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How much do you really know about offshore banking?
Skipton International has launched a quiz which aims to inform people about offshore savings. The quiz, which is hosted on the Skipton International website, tests savers’ knowledge of offshore banking, with answers explaining what an offshore account is, who can have one, and how someone can open one. Typical reasons for opening an offshore account…
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Double Down! – Inter-Generational Split Dollar Throws Sand in the Face of the IRS Again
Recently I wrote an article on JD Supra called Split to Be Tied (May 4, 2016) regarding the Tax Court decision in Estate of Morrissette, (Estate of Clara M. Morrissette v. Commissioner, 146 T.C. No. 11 (April 13, 2016)). Once again, the IRS has lost a significant inter-generational split dollar case – Estate of Marion Levine, Deceased v.…
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Foreign Financial Account for Gains and Accumulations of Capital Offshore
The Only Type of Foreign Financial Account that U.S. Individuals can use for Gains and Accumulations of Capital Offshore. Construct legally a tax compliant IRC 402(b) retirement plan in a way that is optically good for U.S. Persons so they are relaxed, they are U.S. Tax and reporting compliant and the bulk of their contributions…
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World Out Of Whack: The Shifting Zeitgeist
Market dislocations occur when financial markets, operating under stressful conditions, experience large widespread asset mispricing. Welcome to this week’s edition of “World Out Of Whack” where every Wednesday Capitalist Exploits take time out of their day to applaud insanity, laugh, poke fun at and present to you absurdity in global financial markets in all it’s glorious insanity.…
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World Bank and IMF: Where do they stand on progressive and responsible taxation?
The IMF and the World Bank are increasingly engaged with the challenge of addressing how tax avoidance and evasion affect developing countries. However, their approach needs to go much further to address the role played by multinational enterprises and tax havens in exacerbating inequality and undermining countries’ domestic revenues. The World Bank and the IMF…
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World Alternative Currencies Report 2016
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Alternative Currencies: Are Cryptocurrencies Readyfor Prime Time?” report to their offering. “Alternative Currencies: Are Cryptocurrencies Ready for Prime Time?” identifies and discusses several of the central concepts underlying cryptocurrencies and their marketplace potential. Bitcoin, easily the most recognizable of the digital currencies has generated a fair…
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Sun Life Financial to acquire pension business of FWD Hong Kong
Will strengthen Sun Life Financials’ position in the Hong Kong pension market TORONTO, Aug. 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ – Sun Life Financial Inc. (TSX: SLF) (NYSE: SLF) announced today that Sun Life Hong Kong Limited (“Sun Life HK”) will acquire the pension business of FWD Life Insurance Company (Bermuda) Limited (“FWD”), consisting of Mandatory Provident Fund…
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Little Or No Retirement Savings? Here Are 5 Tips That Can Help
Most Americans know they need to save more for retirement. But most Americans aren’t doing it. Just how bad off are some of them? A study by the U.S. Government Accountability Office found that about half of households 55 and older had no retirement savings at all. Clearly, many Americans could be headed for retirement…
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Expats: adventurers or foreign retirees?
Hemingway, as an expat, implied high adventure in a foreign land The first definition of “expatriate” appeared in a French dictionary in the late 1700s and denotes a person who has been banished from his or her native land. This elucidation came just in time for Napoleon’s exile to the island of Elba in 1814;…
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